#A9971F#A9971F

#A9971F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9971F
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -5.77, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 60.08, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0229 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6775, 30.6685, 5.7578)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9971F #1F31A9

analogous

#A9521F #A9971F #76A91F

triadic

#A9971F #1FA997 #971FA9

tetradic

#A9971F #1FA952 #1F31A9 #A91F76

square

#A9971F #1FA952 #1F31A9 #A91F76

split-complementary

#A9971F #1F76A9 #521FA9

monochromatic

#423B0C #756916 #A9971F #D8C22D #E2D160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A9971F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A9971F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9971F

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9971F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9971F	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9971f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b567',
    500: '#a9971f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9971f;
$custom-light: #c7b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9971f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67242,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9971F

secondary

#5D6BC7

accent

#53EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9971F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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